[1.7.8] Problems with merging/replacing folders

[Binhao]

I agree, I don't think you need to do any sysadmin voodoo here.

I'm surprised that you call this "vodoo". If it really is a system-process which is blocking one or more files inside this folder, there might be no other way to find this out without being a superuser.

[csaba]

It's just a joke. I've been reading Count Zero over the weekend

[dude]

Hey Csaba,

just wanted to let you know, that in the latest beta, everything works fine!
I really hope that the new forklift does get a lot more and cool features, so that it's worth paying for the upgrade!

Those copy/merge/replacing-issues are really, really, really annoying to me.

Regards.

[abtrapp]

Really funny stuff...

After I got this error I can: remount the external drive, reboot the computer, try to do the copy from Finder, always the same error. I only can move the file to the trash bin

Workaround: terminal and cp or mv

the really funny part: after I copy the file with cp the file has a different size AND it produces the same error if I try to copy it again *rotfl*

If I move the copied file with mv a second time I can copy it with the finder, more or less, the source is deleted and the target never appears. Really no ideal what the f... Finder does with my poor files...

workaround: terminal - everything works fine there.
(for GUI only users:

$$ = cp (copy) or mv (move)

1. open a terminal
2. cd /Volumes/your_drive/your_directory
3. $$ your_file /Volumes/your_volume/your_directory/destination_filename

add a "-r" after the cp to copy subdirectories

Just as information. Don't expect somebody to tell me what is working in my Mac